The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-05-20

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JOHN, I LOVE YOU WITH MY WHOLE HEART
other Uantje was not far out thcrc), and
would make Baas Frank mad if lie knew
that. He would strike me il told him, or
would tell him." .,
The horses hoofs were getting near by
now, SO Jantje slipped as easily and natural,
as snake into a thick tuft of rank gras
that grew between the blue gums and waited
Presently the big horse approached, ant
the snake like Hottentot raised his head evel
so little and peered out with his beady blacl
eyes through the straw like grass stems
They fell on Muller's cold face. 1t was evi
dent that he was in reflective mood-in ar
angrily reflective mood.
"What is Baas Frank thinking Of, won
dcr" said Jantje to himself rs horse and man
passed within four feet of him. Then rising
he crossed the road, and slipping round by
back way like a fox from a covert, was
standing at the stable door with a vacant and
utterly unobservant expression Of face some
seconds before the black horse and its rider
had reached the house.
II will give them one more chance, just
one MORE" thought the handsome Boer, or
rather half breed for it will be remembered
that his mother was English, ''and if they
WONT take it, then let their fate be upon
their own heads. Tomorrow / 60 to the
bymakaar at Paarde Kraal to take counsel
with Paul Kruger and Pretorius, and the
other fathers Of the land rs they call them
selves If throw in my weight against re-
belion there will be no rebellion; il urge it
there will be. and if ON Sias will not give
me Bessie, and Bessie will not marry me,
will urge it even If it plunge the whole
country in war from the Cape to Waterberg
Patriotism! Independence Taxes!-that is
what they all cry till they begin to believe it
themselves Bah! those are not the things
would 60 to war for; but ambition and re-
venge, ahl that is another thing. l would
kin them all if they stood in my way, all ex-
cept Bessie. If war breaks out, who will
hold up hand to help the 'verdomde Engels-
mannF They would all be afraid. And it
is not my fault. Can help it if love that
woman! would slaughter every English
man in the Transvaal to gain Bessie-ay!
and every Boer, too, and throw all the ma
tives in" and he laughed aloud and struck
the great black horse, making it plunge and
caper CALAMITY.
"And then" he went on, giving his am
bition wing, "when have got Bessie, and
we have kicked all these Englishmen out of
the land, in very few years shall rule this
country; and what nexta Why, then will
stir up the Dutch feeling in Natal and in the
old colony, and we will push the Englishmen
back into the sea, make clean sweep of the
natives, only keeping enough for servants, Z
and have a united South Africa like that
poor silly man Burgers used to pirate of, Lut
did not know how to bring about. "A united
Dutch South Africa, and Frank Muller to
rule it! Well, such things have been, and
may he again. Give me forty years of life
and strength and we shall see
Just then he reached the veranda of the
house, and dismissing his secret ambitions
from his mind, Frank Muller dismounted and
entered In the sitting room lie found Sias
Croft reading a newspaper.
Good day, ON Silas," he said, extending
his hand.
"Good day, Meinheer Frank Muller" re-
piled the old man, coldly, for John had told
him of the incident at the shooting party
which had SO nearly ended fatally, ana
though he had made no remark he had
formed his own conclusions.
"What are you reading in The Volkstem,
ON Silas-about the Bezuidenhout AFFAIR.""
"No; what was that!'
at was that the volk are rising against you
English, that is all. The sheriff seized Be-
wagon in execution of taxes, and
put it up to sale at Potchefstroonl. But the
volk kicked the auctioneer off the wagon and
hunted him round the town; and now Cover
nor Lanyou is sending Raaf down with power
to swear in special constables and enforce the
law at PochefstrOom. He might as well try
to stop river by throwing stones. Let me
see, the big meeting at Paarde kraal was to
have been on the fifteenth of December, now
it is to be on the eighth, and then we shall see
if it will be peace or war;"
peace or warp answered the old man,
testify. "That has been the cry for wears.
How many big meetings have there been
since Shepstone annexed the courtrye Six,
think. And what has come of it all? Just
nothing but talk. And what can come of it2
Suppose the Beers did fight what would the
cid of it be! They would be beaten, and
lot of people would be killed, and that would
be the end of it. You don't suppose that
England would give into handful of Beers,
do you! What did Gen. Wolseley say the
other day ut the dinner at Potchefstroom?
Why, that the country would never be given
up, because no government, Conservative,
Liberal or Radical, would dare to do such a
thing. And now this new Gladstone govern
ment has telegraphed the same thing, so what
is the use of all the talk and childishness! Tell
me that, Frank Muller.n
Muller laughed as he answered, "You are
all very simple people, you English. Don't
you Know that government is like woman
VINO cries No, no, no. and kisses you all the
time! Ii there is noise enough, your British
government will eat its words and give
W oiseley and Shepstone and Bartle Frcrc
and Lahyon, and all Of them, the lie. This is
q bigger business than you think for, ON
Slas Ut course all these meetings and talk
are got up. The people are angry because of
the English way of dealing with the natives.
and because they have to pay taxes: and they
think that, now that you English have paid
their debts and smashed up Sikukuni and
Cete waye, they would like to have the land
back. They were glad enough for you to take
it ut first; now it is another matter. But
still that is not much. If they were left to
themselves nothing would come of it except
talk, for many of them are very glad that the
land should be English. But the men who
pull the strings are down i'm the Cape They
want to drive every Englishman out OF